Cobbinshaw Reservoir

Works to protect this Cobbinshaw Reservoir Spillway from sub-surface erosion are set to get underway in 2018/2019.

Cobbinshaw Reservoir feeds the Union Canal via the Bog Burn, Murieston Water, and through Mid Calder to the Almondell Aqueduct and Lin’s Mill Canal Feeder which feeds into the canal just east of the aqueduct.

As part of our statutory obligations as reservoir owners, works are being undertaken to safeguard the integrity of the reservoir and manage risk to the wider public and downstream. The project will involve stopping the leakage through the spillway and along the downstream pipe route of the three siphons. The planned leakage repairs to the spillway are to protect this concrete structure from sub-surface erosion.

Update October 2018

The Leakage Repairs contract has been awarded to MacKenzie Construction and the reservoir will be drawn down by 1.5m, with works starting on the 5th November. Site works are planned to start on the 19th November for two weeks.

This page will be updated as works progress.

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